From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3d6589e7b2c60444 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-04 09:47:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!204.127.161.6.MISMATCH!wn12feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: employment with ada References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.13.56 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1052066708 12.234.13.56 (Sun, 04 May 2003 16:45:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 16:45:08 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 16:45:08 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36937 Date: 2003-05-04T16:45:08+00:00 List-Id: >something like C. They don't want to be stuck out there in 10 years looking >for support for a language and not finding it. I don't understand this argument. "C" is _not_ a long lasting language. There was K&R C, then ANSI C, then C++, then Java, then C#. How many colleges are today teaching K&R C? How many K&R C compilers, or their vendors, are still around for 10 or 20 year old "C" programs? Where the project's "C compiler" has been carefully preserved (probably because the code depends on its known unique idiosyncracies) how many of today's new hires understand it? How many want to add "experience in Defunct Corp's K&R C compiler" to their resumes?